I’m a big firm, get me out of here

A cap on immigration has added to concerns over Britain’s high personal and business tax rates, draconian red tape and shoddy infrastructure

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Swapna Pikale is planning her passage back to India. The 28-year-old architect
is going home eight months after she was hired by BCA London, a practice
eager for her to win business from her homeland.

Pikale left BCA’s offices for the last time on Friday afternoon, the latest
victim of an immigration crackdown by the coalition government that is
making Britain a tougher place in which to do business.

Rules brought in ahead of next year’s immigration cap have left Pikale and her
husband no choice but to return home.

The cap has added to corporate concerns over Britain’s high personal and
business tax rates, draconian red tape and shoddy infrastructure.

Big business is also worried that the worst is yet to come, as politicians
line up to batter it. Vince Cable, the business secretary, is seen as the
worst offender and had been branded the “anti-business secretary” for his